Residency Newsletters

Residency program managers in all specialties are challenged to effectively manage their programs as accrediting agencies focus on outcome measures, the core competencies, proper documentation, resident supervision, and program, faculty, and resident evaluation. Add to those responsibilities the challenge to prepare for site visits, develop budgets for your program, and mitigate legal risks. Residency Program Alert is the source you need to confidently meet these challenges. This monthly resource provides residency managers with essential tips, tools, and best practices from the most well-respected, in-the-trenches experts.

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Residency Program Alert

Issue 12, December 1, 2006 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Career advancement for the professional coordinator

  Den mother. Social planner. Manager. Cheerleader. Arbitrator. Counselor. Team leader. These...

• Determine due process and disclosure policies for residents

  Hospitals walk a tightrope when considering terminating physician privileges, but it is sometimes...

• Survey shows residents have more offers, better outlook

  When recruiting time rolls around, keeping up to date on resident wants and needs will help you...

Issue 11, November 1, 2006 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• International group upgrades ACGME competency

  A skyscraper is impossible to build with just a hammer and a saw, a beautiful landscape is hard to...

• Proposed revisions to ACGME common program requirements start in July 2007

  The ACGME has proposed changes to the common program requirements, including standards on resident...

• Orientation evaluation: Tips for new resident arrival

  Resident orientation is one of the most chaotic times of the year for a residency program director...

• Morning report helps teach ACGME competencies

  Many new assessment tools have been created in order to fulfill the ACGME's core competency...

Issue 10, October 1, 2006 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• GME funding: Stagnant rates lead to dire straits

  Since the U.S. government passed the Medicare Law and agreed to support physician training in...

• Recent studies on duty-hour violation and needlesticks published in JAMA

  Work hour study under scrutiny by ACGME More than 80% of first-year medical residents violate...

• Residents' corner: Preparing a didactic presentation

  Preparing a formal presentation to deliver to your peers and attending physicians can be an...

• Teamwork: Health center shuffles structure, sees success

  Are you a team player? Most people would reply by saying "of course" when asked this...

Issue 9, September 1, 2006 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• AMA's STEP program uncovers innovations in professionalism

  Most educators agree that there is more than one way to teach and evaluate residents...

• JCAHO looks to ACGME for med staff standards

  In late May, the JCAHO released its 2007 prepublication standards, including a completely revamped...

• Q&A: Common legal questions

  Reader questions are answered by Bruce Armon, Esq. Armon is a partner at Saul Ewing, LLP, in...

• Residents' corner: Purchasing a PDA

  With the vast array of personal digital assistants (PDA) on the market, it can be difficult to...

Issue 8, August 1, 2006 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Simulation takes center stage in resident training

  Experts: Advances will change face of GME You step onto a commercial airline, buckle your...

• Concise, timely discharge summaries key to care transitions

  In March, RPA reported on the Society of Hospital Medicine's (SHM) guide for training residents...

• Educational reevaluation on the horizon for internal medicine and pediatrics

  Regulators launch projects to revitalize training New educational initiatives in pediatrics and...

Issue 7, July 1, 2006 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Professionalism made fun: Orientation scenarios a hit with residents

  Presentations on professionalism can lose a lot of their effect if they are not connected to the...

• MUSC looks to the future with electronic residency management system

  As the requirements of graduate medical education (GME) curriculum move toward quality improvement...

• Residents' corner: Common legal risks

  In year-one trainees' transition from medical student to intern and resident, they must prepare to...

• Core curriculum retreat offers residents opportunity to focus on competencies

  As phase three of the ACGME's Outcomes Project begins, full integration of the competencies and...

Issue 6, June 1, 2006 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Crew Resource Management teaches competence in communication, patient care

  Interpersonal and communication skills-which are essential to resident training-are also the heart...

• Don't shy away from research

  Opportunities for resident, curriculum improvement abound The launch of the ACGME competencies...

• Resident's corner: Research refresher

  Whether you are applying for a fellowship, fulfilling a program requirement, or simply building...

• EVATS rotation provides residentsvacation time, education

  The introduction of the ACGME's limits on duty hours presented time constraints that forced many...

• From the podium: ACGME update

  ACGME will standardize notification letters, improve communication with constituents, and begin...

Issue 5, May 1, 2006 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Well-being centers extend help to disruptive residents

  Directors focus on tailored rehabilitation for referred physicians For residents and physicians...

• Teach residents healthy skepticism regarding industry gifts

  Recent studies reveal higher standards for interactions with drug reps Eliminating conflicts of...

• Duty-hour mandate leads to faculty physician burnout

  ACGME regulations cause shift in workload Almost three years after the ACGME limited residents...

Issue 4, April 1, 2006 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• State medical boards increase scrutiny on licensure application

  Program directors asked to answer questions on application A postgraduate-year-one (PGY-1...

• Web-based modules train coordinators, directors

  New position created specifically for training All too often, a new residency program...

• 360-degree evaluations: The do-it-yourself requirement

  According to the ACGME's common program requirements, a resident's faculty, patients, peers, self...

• Site visits: Tips from the ACGME

  ACGME reps provide recommendations during annual conference Each year, the ACGME surveys 60,000...

Issue 3, March 1, 2006 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• New framework defines hospital medicine

  As the number of practicing hospitalists increases, residency programs face the task of shaping...

• Back to basics: Resident recruitment

  During the resident and fellowship recruitment process, your program will receive a lot of...

• AAMC pushes for an increased focus on injury-prevention education

  Approximately 150,000 Americans die each year from injury-related causes. Yet according to a recent...

• CMS guidelines threaten quality of ambulatory training, say experts

  Recent CMS clarification on hospitals’ requirements for paying nonhospital sites for...

Issue 2, February 1, 2006 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Core competency assessment tool in demand

  Do you remember the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup commercial in which one person walks with a jar...

• Technology, techniques, and tools: Cultural competency training made easier

  Cultural competency training not only molds more compassionate, well-rounded physicians, it...

• Tool exposes ’hidden curriculum,’ improves patient-centered care

  Tool exposes ’hidden curriculum,’ improves patient-centered carePatient-centered care...

Issue 1, January 1, 2006 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Resident files: How to manage a full folder

  When it comes time for an RRC visit or the twice-yearly performance reviews required by your...

• New tools improve surgical residents’ competence, education

  Surgeons at Harvard Medical School’s Department of Ophthalmology at the Massachusetts Eye and...

• Preparing your residency program for RRC accreditation review

  Program directors struggle to determine the best strategy for ensuring a successful and substantive...